Hair-straightener.



No. 819,4;4f4. PATENTBD Mul, 1996.

s. E. MoNRoE.

HAIR STRAIGHTENER.

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'PATENT oFFIcn.

SIMON E. MONROE, OI? BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANI) MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-'lII'IRD TO BENJAMIN F. JACKSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSE'I"I`S, ANI) ONE-THIRD TO JAMES H. MODON- OUOII, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAIR-STRAIGHTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application led September 21, 1908. Serial No. 173,963.

vv.To all whom, it may concern,.-

Bo it known that I, SiMoN E. MONROE, a citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing; at Bos- Ion, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Im rovelnent in llair-Straightcners, of which t 1e following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing-js, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like no parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel hair-straightener adapted more especially for use in connection with curly hau.

My novel hair-straightener presents a series of non-yielding metallic teeth held in a body, preferably of metal, and. preferably a series of bristles interspersed between said unyieldilw teeth.

The body is composed, preferably, of metal, that it may be subjected to heat, thus enabling the straightener to be warmed prior to using the saine, as when warm the action is beneficial in connection with curly hair. The handle of the straightener will preferably be detachable, so that it may be applied to the warmed and heated body when 1t is desired to heat the same and obviate the heating of the hand. The body of the straightener 3o ma have a chamber to contain oil or pomade to e applied to the hair, and the outward flow of the oil or other lubricant may be regulated as desired.

Figure 1 is a side view of a device embodyg5 ing my invention, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section through Fig. 1.

The body of the straightener is shown as comprising a metallic shell A of any desired shape externally and a back piece A', suitably 40 secured thereto by screws a. The shell has a series of holes, through which from the interior of the shell may be inserted a series of stiff metallic teeth b, which ma ifdesired, have heads b at their inner en s, which are ex osed within the shell. Between the ho es containing the teeth I make a series of other holes, in which are inserted a series of bristles c, preferably a little shorter in length than the pins, said bristles coacting with the 5o ins in straightening out the kinks in the air. The metallic teeth separate the hair into locks, and thel bristles are of great importance, as they act on the hair separated in locks to comb and straighten the same. If the teeth are located too closely together, the hair is liable to be broken or the force required to draw the straightener through the hair is prohibitive to its use. The teeth and the bristles will each be held fxedly in the shell in any way in which pins and bristles are commonly held in the manufacture of brushes-that is, they may be fixed in working position by any hardening material, such aswax, resin, plaster-ofaris, or any mixtures thereof, or by any usua means that may be applied inside the shell and embrace and hold firmly in place the teeth and bristles. Inasmuch as prior to use the device is to be heated, it is obvious that the bristles must be of such a nature as not to be injured or destroyed by the heat.

In practice I prefer to use bristles made of fine wire or metallic bristles, although. any bristles which will-not be affected b heat may be employed. A part of the she l may be made hollow to contain oil or pomade that it maybe desired to a ply to thehair while being straightened, an the back piece carries a chamber A3, in which oil or omade is placed, and in this instance a suitab e number of the teeth will have longitudinal holes through the same, from which the heated oil or pomade may run and be delivered into the hair. The handle C may either be detachable from the body or secured thereto in such a way that while the device is being heated the handle can be turned out of the reach of the flame, and thus be kept cool. The handle herein shown is com osed of spring-wire twisted and bent into t e shape represented, the handle having inturned ends c2 to enter holes in the outer side walls of the shell, said shell having projections c', providedl with notches, into whlch the spring-legs of the handle may snap when the handle 1s ap lied to the straightener after the same has been heated in any usual way. This handle is easily detachable from the shell, as when the -body is to be heated; but this invention is not limited to the particular shape shown for the handle, although the handle shown is of one of the best shapes now known to me.

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Preferably the teeth are of such dimeter l munieating with the chamber, and bristles that they will not yield as the straightener 1s also secured to the body portion und interbeingr drawn through the hair. spersed between the teeth.

Having described my invention, what I In testimony whereof I have signed my i5 5 olairn,a.nd desire to secure byLetters Patent, name to this specification in the presence of ish h b d f two subscribing witnesses. air-straif tener comprisingga o y ori f tion having ametallic back piece rovlIZled SIMON E' MOB ROE' with a chamber, rigid metallic teet carried l Witnesses: 1o by said body portion, those teeth which are l LOUIS C. SMITH,

beneath the chamber being hollow and corn- BENJAMINN F. JACKSON. 

